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Month: July 2002

An American Diary from Mexico – Episode 6

The Monarch Milagro By Cherie Magnus Dear Ones Back Home, Well you know me, a real Type A. Hopefully I will eventually learn to take it easy and be on Mexican Time. ThatÂ’s one of the benefits of living here and one of my goals. But in the meantime, I like to accomplish things, quickly… Read More An American Diary from Mexico – Episode 6

July 1, 2002December 6, 2022 thebarak1 Comment
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  1. Whit Sanders Avatar
    Whit Sanders
    October 5, 2008

    Hi Cherie, I enjoyed just reading the Monarch Milagro. I too took on this adventure when I was living in San Miguel de Allende in 2004, and I too did it with Jaime who was definitely a fun factor for us. However it sounds like you hit the migration at its most active because at the time I was there, while the trees and ground were covered as you described, there was no noise of wings in the air as your article so intriguingly talks about. I remember on the way out, at the end of the day, we ate the bluest blue corn tortillas I have ever encountered in Mexico. Yes the Monarchs are a true wonder. I have also been fortunate to see them in transit — endless highways of butterflies streaming through the valleys in the state of Tamaulipas.

    If you were impressed with the Monarchs, another great wonder in Mexico to see is El Sotano de las Golandrinas (which translates the abyss of the swallows — swallows being the famous bird). Google this to see pics on the internet. It a huge hole in the earth at the top of a mountain in the state of San Luis Potosi, not far from Xixitla, out of which fly millions of swallows each dawn. It’s a wonder to see because the birds can’t fly straight up and out (because of the narrow dimensions of the abyss) and so they spiral up and out in the most picturesque way. You can look down upon them from above. At evening the whole same river of birds returns to swoop back down into their nests along the walls of the abyss. A definite, and unique, wonder of nature to put on your To Do List in Mexico.

    Sounds like you’re having an exciting life in Argentina now. Email me lunch if you like. It’d be fun to compare SMA/BsAs notes.

    Whit in Buenos Aires, Oct. 5, 2008

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